Ere she departed, she bade those who had accompanied her from ‘Iráq to proceed to their native land. Among them were Shaykh Sultán, Shaykh Muhammad-i-Shibl and his youthful son, Muhammad-Mustafá, Abid and his son Násir, who subsequently was given the name of Hájí Abbás. Those of her companions who had been living in Persia, such as Siyyid Muhammad-i-Gulpaygání, whose pen-name was Ta’ir, and whom Táhirih had styled Fata’l-Malih, and others were also bidden to return to their homes. Only two of her companions remained with her—Shaykh Sáliḥ and Mullá Ibráhím-i-Gulpaygání, both of whom quaffed the cup of martyrdom, the first in Tihrán and the other in Qazvín. Of her own kinsmen, Mírzá Muhammad-‘Alí, one of the Letters of the Living and her brother-in-law, and Siyyid ‘Abdu’l-Hádí, who had been betrothed to her daughter, travelled with her all the way from Karbilá to Qazvín.
- Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’ chapter 15)
